Latest update from FSC regarding the production hold The FSC thanks the industry for maintaining the production hold. PASS medical advisors have not yet been able to reach all first-generation partners, and thus we can not yet lift the production hold. The performer participated in traditional shoots that employed both condoms and PASS testing…
Former FSC staffer, Siouxsie Q, is officially campaigning for Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC) Secretary. “APAC is an incredible asset to the adult performer community, and while they’ve already accomplished so much, I see tremendous potential for the future of the organization, and I hope to have the opportunity to help it grow,” said Siouxsie…
As announced on Saturday, the adult industry is maintaining a production hold until Wednesday, due to a possible positive test for HIV. The performer is currently being retested to determine if it was a false positive. Test results and partner lists are expected to be confirmed within the next 24 hours. The performer with the…
This was a tremendous victory, not only for adult performers, but for science over stigma, and facts over fear. Adult industry workers no longer need to fear a punitive law that would have allowed any resident of the state to file suit against them. We were honored to have the Democratic and Republican and Libertarian…
At the last Cal/OSHA hearing, we heard several representatives from AHF claim that the Free Speech Coalition’s Proposal 560 would require bi-weekly shots of antibiotics, such as doxycycline, for adult performers. We’ve since heard it repeated to press, on blogs, and on social media. To be honest, we were confused. We would not (and legally…
Despite NO cases among adult performers, vaccinations are recommended. An outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is ongoing in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. So far this year, twenty-four (24) cases of IMD, including meningitis and bloodstream infections, have been linked with this outbreak in Los Angeles County, Long Beach, and Orange County. Sixteen (16) of…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has notified the Free Speech Coalition that over two dozen adult sites have been hacked, and had their content stolen and uploaded to torrent sites. The person behind the attacks had targeted both adult and mainstream film companies, before being identified and arrested. Agents from the FBI’s Cyber Task Force…
Yesterday, a performer in Florida was caught attempting to work with an expired test that had been digitally manipulated. The producer attempted to verify against the test against the PASS database, which listed the performer as unavailable. The performer’s agent confirmed with the testing center that the test presented was fraudulent and out of date….
LOS ANGELES — Cal/OSHA, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has announced that it will create a new advisory committee to shape new regulations for the adult industry. The announcement of such an advisory committee, which would ostensibly include working adult performers, is a significant shift away from the historically adversarial approach taken…
LOS ANGELES — A three judge panel from the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the adult industry this week, declaring that the 2257 record-keeping regulations, Reagan-era protocols that were expanded by the Bush Administration to harass legitimate adult producers, are a likely government restraint on free speech, and as such require the…
